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- 5 Sept 2018
New Ecobank Nigeria Managing Director Promises Customer-Centricity Policies
Patrick Akin Akinwuntan, Managing Director and Regional Executive of Ecobank Nigeria, has promised to focus on customer-friendly policies as he starts his new role yesterday. The vastly experienced…
- 10 Nov 2019
Group, CBN in War of Words over Redeployment of Suspended Deputy Gov
Citizens Committee for Corruption-Free Nigeria (CCCN), an anti-corruption group, has called out Mr. Godwin Emefiele, governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), for redeploying a deputy governor to the…
- 10 Feb 2014
NCC Pledges to Implement National Broadband Policy
Tony Ojobo, director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has said that plans were underway for the implementation of the National Broadband Policy. Broadband is a term normally…
- 3 Sept 2020
NDIC Seeks Strict Implementation of Fiscal, Monetary Policies
Umaru Ibrahim, managing director of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), has said that effective implementation of fiscal and monetary policy measures are critical towards addressing the…
- 23 Dec 2018
Over 50% of African Countries do not have National Privacy Legislation - Jean-Francois
Jean-Francois’s career in ICT spans 20 years mostly in international roles with a focus on public policies and regulatory affairs. Before joining GSMA as Policy Director for Sub-Saharan Africa in…
- 27 Apr 2024
FG to Fnalise National Intellectual Property Policy Soon– NCC Boss
Dr John Asein, director-general, Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), has said that the federal government is taking steps to finalise its National Intellectual Property (IP) Policy and Strategy for…
- 25 Feb 2020
NITDA Boss Urges e-Commerce Companies to Leverage on Digital Economy Policy
Mr.Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has tasked Nigeria’s leading e-Commerce companies to join hands with Federal Government in…
- 27 Jan 2025
CBN Waives 2025 Licence Renewal Fee for Bureaux de Change Operators
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has waived the 2025 licence renewal fee for all bureaux de change (BDC) operators. Jonah Onojah, director of the financial policy and regulation department, announced…
- 25 Jan 2010
Operator Tasks Insuring Public to Read their Policies
Mr. Adewunmi Adewole, managing director of Best Deal Insurance Brokers Limited, has recommended the use of insurance brokers for the insuring public whenever they are taking up any insurance…
- 29 Oct 2021
NCC Holds Valedictory Forum for Exemplary, Retiring Staff, Osmund Omulu
Members of staff of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) converged in the Conference Room of the Commission’s Head Office recently, to honour Osmund Omulu, a staff of the Commission, who is…
- 12 Jul 2026
NCC Advances Dig Once Policy, Engages Stakeholders on Cost-Based Framework for Duct Sharing
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reaffirmed its commitment to promoting efficient broadband infrastructure deployment in Nigeria through collaborative implementation of the Dig Once…
- 14 May 2018
NOTAP Advocates for a Robust IP Policy in Nigerian knowledge Institutions
Dr. DanAzumi Ibrahim, Director General of the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) has advised Universities to develop a comprehensive IP policy in order to strengthen the…
- 2 Sept 2018
Roar Nigeria Hub Hosts Facebook Stakeholders Roundtable @ University of Nigeria
The University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) went agog with activities as it recently, welcomed a team from the global giant Facebook. The Public Policy Director for Facebook Africa, Ebele Okobi led the…
- 21 Mar 2013
Ernest Ndukwe to Chair Titans of Tech 2013 Conference
Dr Ernest Ndukwe, chairman presidential committee on broadband penetration, Director, Centre for Infrastructure Policy, Regulation and Advancement (CIPRA) and immediate past executive vice…
- 17 Jan 2017
AfDB Appoints Nigerian Director for Energy Financial Solutions
The African Development Bank has announce the appointment of Mr. Wale Shonibare as the Director – Energy Financial Solutions, Policy and Regulation with effect from 9th January 2017. He brings with…
- 29 Jan 2015
GSMA Urges Africa to Secure Mobile Broadband Future @ WRC-15
Mortimer Hope, director, Spectrum and Public Policy Africa, GSMA, said that Africa has a rare opportunity to secure the future of the mobile Internet at the ITU’s World Radiocommunication Conference…
- 13 Aug 2012
Hearty Salutes to NBC @ 20
In an era filled with mistrust for government institutions, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) goes against this grain to stand out as a public agency admired for what it does and how well it…
- 25 Feb 2026
Nigeria, Google Chart Path for AI, Digital Partnership
Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has met with Charles Murito, Google’s Regional Director for Government Affairs and Public Policy (Sub-Saharan Africa), to advance a…
- 26 Nov 2024
Asein, DG NCC Seeks IP Policy for Every University
Dr. John O. Asein, the Director-General, Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has again stressed the need for every University to have an Intellectual Property (IP) Policy so as to maximize their…
- 25 May 2024
CBN Sacks 300 Staff, 14 Directors Affected
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reportedly sacked about 300 staff members amongst them 14 directors. The layoff of the staff brings the list of those so far disengaged from the bank under Olayemi…
- 10 Dec 2019
NCC Recommits to Accounting Separation Framework on Telecom Industry
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reiterated its commitment for the implementation of Accounting Separation Framework that would outline the key principle and guidelines required for…
- 16 Sept 2020
NCC DG Calls for National Book Policy to Address New Challenges
Mr. John O. Asein, director-general of Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), has called on stakeholders in the book sector to work towards the formulation and adoption of a National Book Policy that…
- 22 Dec 2019
NOTAP DG Cautions Regulators on Policy Implementation
Dr. Dan-Azumi Mohammed Ibrahim, director general, National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) has cautioned regulators in the country to be firm in implementation of government…
- 19 Jun 2022
Women Entrepreneurs: NITDA Reaffirms Commitment to Create Enabling Policies and Foster Economic Growth
Kashifu Inuwa, Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has reaffirmed the Agency's commitment as the nations apex IT regulatory body towards creating…
- 24 Nov 2014
NCC Charges MTN Music Ambassadors to be Good Example to Youth
The telecommunications sector is the first genuine platform that has taken over virtually every aspect of human development since the revolution began via the Digital Mobile Licences 2001,…
- 20 Apr 2010
How Life Insurance Protects Business
Life insurance is a vital tool in many fronts including business. Many business people recognize the value of property and liability insurance but they often forget the part that life insurance…
- 7 Dec 2023
Unity Bank MD Advocates Policy Actions to Stem Gender-Based Violence
Mrs. Tomi Somefun, Managing Director of Unity Bank Plc has called for comprehensive policy actions that will dismantle the structures that enable gender-based violence in Nigeria. Group Head,…
- 4 Dec 2025
CBN Scraps Cash Deposit Limits, Raises Weekly Withdrawal Threshold
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has removed the limit on cash deposits and raised the weekly cash withdrawal limit across all channels to N500,000, up from N100,000. CBN The apex bank disclosed this in…
- 24 Sept 2021
AfDB Approves Policy for Victims of Bank-financed Operations
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a new policy framework for the Independent Recourse Mechanism. The IRM provides individuals or communities who are adversely…
- 28 Apr 2022
NCC Moves to Strengthen Colocation, Infrastructure Sharing Market Segment
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has commenced the process of conducting a study to assess the current level of competition in the colocation and infrastructure sharing (CIS) segment of…